Snare for drums



ZJMJS E- G. H. LOGAN SNARE FOR DRUNS Dec. 7, 1937.

Filed June 18, 1936 INVENTOR 13 7'7 7% i/LS 07%7'192/ Patented Dec. 7, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 18,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to snares for drums, and particularly to snares made up of snare strings, each of which consists of a spirally wound metallic strand.

The objection of this invention is to construct the snare in such manner as to obviate the usual tendency of the snare to twist when it is released.

Another object of the invention is to provide a snare for drums in which the snare strings will always remain in substantially the same plane in side-by-side relationship, whether the snare is tightened or loosened.

In the usual snare heretofore made of a plurality of strands of spirally wound material, all of the strands have been wound in the same direction. Consequently, when the snare was released or loosened, the snare had a tendency to twist from its normal position in one plane. Such twisting interfered with the return of the snare to a normal flat relationship with all of the strands properly spaced in side-by-side posi tion when the snare was re-tightened to engage the snare head of the drum.

In constructing my snare, however, I overcome such twisting tendency by winding onehalf of the number of snare strings or strands in one direction, and winding the other half of the number of snare strings in the opposite direction, and then disposing the strands in side-byside relationship between two end clips or plates. Any twisting tendency that may be set up by one group of strands is overcome and counter-balanced by the other group of strands. Consequently, the snare as a whole retains its original, flat condition, with all of the strands in one plane, whether the strand is tightened or loosened on the drumhead.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a drum to which the snare is applied;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of one end of the snare adjacent the end plate where it engages the drumhead; and

Figure 3 is a view illustrating the manner in which the end plate or clip is bent to place the strands against the associated drumhead.

My improved snare I comprises a plurality of strands ll of spirally wound wire. The snare that I have illustrated is provided with ten strands, five of which are spirally wound in one direction, and the other five of which are wound in the opposite direction. All of the strands are otherwise of corresponding length and with 1936, Serial No. 85,934

approximately the same amount of winding. The two groups of strands are arranged in side-byside' relationship in substantially one plane, and the respective ends thereof are soldered, brazed or welded, or otherwise mechanically secured to 5 end plates 13 and I4, on the under-surface of the plates.

The plates are provided with suitable holes or openings [5 through which securing strings or tape may be inserted to be extended over the edges of the head E6 of an associated drum ll, upon which the snares are to be mounted. The snares, of course, will be controlled by any suitable straining device, which is no part of my present invention and which is not illustrated here. The plates are bent as illustrated in Figure 3, so that the securing strings are substantially in the plane of the wires or snare strings H.

By means of this construction, the snare strands are all uniform in length and intention, and the twisting tendency of each group is counter-balanced by the twisting tendency of the other group, so that the strands remain always in the same place, whether loosened or tightened by the straining device.

The strands may be made of any suitable material and are preferably treated to be weatherproof or rustproof.

I claim as my invention 1. A snare for drums consisting of a plurality of spirally wound metallic strands of equal lengths arranged parallel in substantially one plane, and a pair of end plates to which all of the strands are secured at each end, half of the number of strands being wound in one direction, and the other strands being oppositely wound, thereby to counter-balance any tendency of the strands to twist either end plate out of its normal plane.

2. A snare for drums comprising a plurality of spirally wound strands of equal lengths, half of the number of strands being wound in one direction and the other strands being wound in the opposite direction, and an end plate at each end of the group of strands, to which the strands are secured in parallel side-by-side relation in one plane, the end plates being provided with orifices for receiving anchoring connections, and being further shaped to hold the strands towards an associated drurnhead when the anchoring connections are pulled taut to stretch the snares.

GEORGE H. LOGAN. 

